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The best-read trade title for flooring retailers and buyers
Unrivalled access to UK flooring trade buyers
- 7,000 print circulation
- 4,000 online recipients
- c. 20,000 readers!
- Print and online - the best of both worlds
- Effective recruitment and classified advertising
Quality editorial environment
- Unrivalled news service for product launches
- The most comprehensive coverage of industry events
- Regular surveys plus trading and economic reports
- Scheduled, topical features
- Factsheet and technical pages ensure month-long usage
Ask us for the research.
Or better still, talk to retailers and the trade yourself and ask them what they read!
Everyone who's anyone is in The Stocklists
All the major trade organisations, industry bodies, buying groups are in the magazine every month.
More than 40 advertisers including all the leading brands advertise with us regularly and many have been advertising regularly with us for 20 or 30 years! Not because they can't break the habit! – they do it because it works!!
Advertising rates (and sizes)
All rates shown exclude VAT.
Publication and copy dates
Advertising copy deadlines
(prior to online date shown): Display advertising - 2 weeks prior. "POP" pages - 1 week prior. Classified - 1 week prior.
Technical information
Digital artwork
PDF artwork must be distilled as 'PRESS READY' to PDF/X-1a standard and embedded images must be checked for CMYK. Please ensure all artwork has crop/trim marks.
If PDFs are not available, please supply InDesign 'packages' or Quark Xpress 'collect' files with all images and fonts or EPS files with outlined or supplied fonts or TIFF or uncompressed, print resolution JPEG. Resolution must be 300dpi at 100% actual size.
Not acceptable
Document files from any software other than InDesign, Quark, Illustrator or Photoshop. PDFs with RGB images. Files from Corel Draw and Microsoft Publisher are not acceptable. Please export as a 'press-ready' PDF - see above.
USB flash drives are acceptable but CD-ROM and DVDs are no longer OK. Note: digital artwork is required. Film is not acceptable.
Proofs
A matchprint, chromalin or iris hard-copy proof is required for colour accuracy. In all other cases a PDF or inkjet proof is required for reference (but with no guarantee of accuracy). Proofs are not normally supplied by The Stocklists unless requested.
Colour positions
Colour positions are available on art paper on the cover (4 positions) and in the bound-in 'Carpet & Floorcovering Review' section in the centre of the magazine. Bleed on colour pages is charged at 10% extra.
"Stocklister" or "POP" pages
"Stocklister" or "POP" (Point-of-Presence) pages are for manufacturers and main wholesalers using our service every month and are therefore discounted. They are allocated at the publisher's discretion and typically listed in alphabetical order.
Deadlines(prior to publication date):Display advertising - 2 weeks prior. "POP" pages - 1 week prior. Classified - 1 week prior.
Trim size: A4
Live matter margin: Live matter/text should not be placed closer than 12mm to any page edge
Screen size:
133/150 lpi
Digital artwork
PDF artwork must be distilled as 'PRESS READY' to PDF/X-1a standard and embedded images must be checked for CMYK. Please ensure all artwork has crop/trim marks.
If PDFs are not available, please supply InDesign 'packages' or Quark Xpress 'collect' files with all images and fonts or EPS files with outlined or supplied fonts or TIFF or uncompressed, print resolution JPEG. Resolution must be 300dpi at 100% actual size.
Not acceptable
Document files from any software other than InDesign, Quark, Illustrator or Photoshop. PDFs with RGB images. Files from Corel Draw and Microsoft Publisher are not acceptable. Please export as a 'press-ready' PDF - see above.
Supplying files
Send PDF files to diane@mayvillepublishing.co.uk (max file size 10MB) or davidspragg@thestocklists.com (up to 20mb).
We have a file transfer system available if emailing more than 20mb. Please ask for a link.
We have a file transfer system available if emailing more than 20mb. Please ask for a link.
USB flash drives are acceptable but CD-ROM and DVDs are no longer OK. Note: digital artwork is required. Film is not acceptable.
Proofs
A matchprint, chromalin or iris hard-copy proof is required for colour accuracy. In all other cases a PDF or inkjet proof is required for reference (but with no guarantee of accuracy). Proofs are not normally supplied by The Stocklists unless requested.
Colour positions
Colour positions are available on art paper on the cover (4 positions) and in the bound-in 'Carpet & Floorcovering Review' section in the centre of the magazine. Bleed on colour pages is charged at 10% extra.
"Stocklister" or "POP" pages
"Stocklister" or "POP" (Point-of-Presence) pages are for manufacturers and main wholesalers using our service every month and are therefore discounted. They are allocated at the publisher's discretion and typically listed in alphabetical order.
Classified adverts
Minimum space order is 2 single column centimetres.Copy deadlines
Click here for this year's publication dates.Deadlines(prior to publication date):Display advertising - 2 weeks prior. "POP" pages - 1 week prior. Classified - 1 week prior.